Hello, and welcome to Tendrils! My assertion, earlier in the week, that forget-me-nots have edible flowers has caused some surprised reactions! You don’t have to (and shouldn’t!) take my word for it. I have added two sources to a comment on the original...

Hello and welcome to Tendrils! The UK is currently in the grip of a courgette shortage, due to cold weather in Spain. Those of us who grow our own are still in that heady period when we’ve eaten enough courgettes, thank you, and are happy for wait for the new UK...

Hello, and welcome to Tendrils! There’s an exciting new arrival in the garden this week – a Hablitzia tamnoides plant from The Backyard Larder. This extremely cold-tolerant, climbing plant is also known as Caucasian Spinach (how long before it gets accused...

It’s raining heavily today, so there’s no point even trying to go outside into the garden, but if there’s a plus point to such dreadful weather then it does – at least temporarily – make people aware of what’s under their feet. Soil...

The garden and I are both grateful for the rain. The hot and dry weather doesn’t suit either of us. I’m happier in the cooler seasons of the year, which might explain why my autumn garden is going better than the summer one! The purple sprouting broccoli...

At the beginning of the month I was helping to survey some planters in the centre of Didcot that Incredible Edible Didcot (a group within Sustainable Didcot) had been given permission to plant with edible herbs as their first Incredible Edible community planting...